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Further sorties of Prince William in Air Force plane reported

Britain's Prince William, already under fire for using
sorties in Royal Air Force helicopters to visit his girlfriend and go out to
parties, reported the dpa Wednesday to have
undertaken flights over royal palaces as well.

The prince, 25, who graduated from a three-month training
course in the RAF earlier this month, flew a Chinook helicopter over the
estates of Sandringham, in south-east Britain, and Highgrove, in the
south-west, where his father, Prince Charles, lives, the Sun newspaper said.

It was reported last week that the prince landed the
aircraft in a field near the family home of his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, and
flew to a stag party of a relative in the company of his younger brother,
Harry.

The use of training flights in this way has infuriated
Royal Air Force chiefs, who hear daily complaints from airmen that troops in
Afghanistan are short of Chinooks in their fight against the Taliban.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted there had been
"a degree of naivety" in how the training flights would be perceived
by the public but said they were all carried out under supervision as part of
the Prince's training.

"All flights
undertaken with Flying Officer Wales were planned, briefed, authorized and
flown by him, under appropriate supervision, in accordance with extant
regulations and were accommodated within his planned flying programme. He was
accompanied at all times by a senior pilot instructor and experienced
aircrew," the MoD said.